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The Innovator Series: Lupita Nyong’o and the Rewriting of Women’s Pain
In 2014, the year she won an Academy Award, Lupita was privately diagnosed with uterine fibroids at age 31. Nearly 30 fibroids were discovered after she insisted on further imaging following years of escalating pain and prolonged periods. She was offered two options: invasive surgery or live with the pain. She chose a myomectomy in November 2014.
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